The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he...

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures...

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven his own way.

All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven his own way.